DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 02/10 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.4 - - 39.7 - - 36.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 145 - - 47 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1870 - - 2026 - - 46 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1694 - - 919 - - 919 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 2759 - - 2915 - - 935 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 573 - - 334 - - 2535 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 267 - - 190 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 2 - - 0 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 20 - - 20 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 322 - - 317 - - 311 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 10 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -1 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 671 - - 793 - - -636 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 2088 - - 2122 - - 1571 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 321 - - 407 - - -1170 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2438 - - 2508 - - 2105 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 97 - - 97 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 42.4 - - 39.7 - - 36.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 36.6 - - 33.8 - - 32.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 41.7 - - 39.7 - - 37.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 35.6 - - 33.2 - - 32.4 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 145 - - 47 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 1870 - - 2026 - - 46 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 89 - - 90 - - 99 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 4 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 96351 9 014 29 012 24 009 96351 89403 21 028 20 005 21 000 89403 83957 26 010 16 351 18 360 83957 79378 17 360 11 337 15 349 79378 75375 10 335 13 344 15 334 75375 71798 11 320 14 320 16 327 71798 68549 16 329 16 313 18 323 68549 65567 19 305 18 301 18 303 65567 62808 18 295 18 290 23 293 62808 60135 25 305 29 292 25 297 60135 57331 35 282 32 274 35 274 57331 54402 33 281 27 274 37 267 54402 51594 44 286 48 272 48 282 51594 49065 56 268 64 272 64 275 49065 46803 54 267 72 272 67 272 46803 44743 55 277 76 272 67 278 44743 42844 81 276 80 275 79 281 42844 41096 90 269 90 274 91 275 41096 39492 94 269 101 269 98 277 39492 38018 101 268 106 266 112 271 38018 36657 99 264 106 264 112 267 36657 35353 96 265 105 263 109 263 35353 34029 96 267 104 262 107 271 34029 32650 99 271 104 266 108 269 32650 31221 98 272 104 270 109 271 31221 29729 96 272 97 273 108 278 29729 28162 92 271 91 272 102 278 28162 26516 86 270 94 270 97 274 26516 24793 85 265 93 268 92 270 24793 22997 90 265 93 267 93 269 22997 21133 87 263 89 267 90 270 21133 19195 76 262 81 268 81 270 19195 17181 73 263 67 264 77 268 17181 15130 69 260 69 263 69 271 15130 13167 65 256 66 264 53 281 13167 11401 60 256 48 275 43 295 11401 9836 50 264 39 288 40 302 9836 8443 43 268 35 293 38 305 8443 7204 39 279 32 297 37 308 7204 6104 32 298 31 306 36 310 6104 5132 26 308 30 318 36 314 5132 4281 23 310 29 324 35 316 4281 3536 24 319 26*320 31 316 3536 2877 22*322 22*318 27 315 2877 2296 22*323 21 317 26 316 2296 1810 21 323 21 317 24 315 1810 1437 20 322 19 317 21 314 1437 1180 19 322 18 317 16 312 1180 1025 17 322 16 317 14*311 1025 935 14 321 12 317 8*311 935 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography